Sudan begins counting ballots of general elections sudan on friday begins counting ballots cast in the country's first multi-party elections in 24 years after a five-day polling process t chairman of sudan's general elections commission abdul-muniem al-nahas told reporters that the ballot counting results of each state will be submitted during the coming 48 hours , and that the results should not be appealed against t polling stations around the country closed on thursday after the elections , which were initially set for three days , were exte .. . related articles 6 >>

E. Asia may stabilize emissions by 2025 waithout weakening economic growth: WB the six major enerfy-using countriest of east asia could stabilize their carbon emissions by 2025 without compromising economic growth and the region needs over 80 billion u.s t dollars annually to reach the goal , a world bank report said on a statement on monday t the region needed to transform its energy sector towards energy efficiency and developing low-carbon technology , the reports said t the report urges governments of the countries to take immediate action to transform their energy sect .. . related articles 7 >>

Fore a Polish Artist, Tragedy Strikes Twice a chicago man whose father was among victims of the soviets' katyn forest world war ii massacre died in the plane carrying polish leaders to the 70th-anniversary commemoration a week ago . related articles 6 >>

WATCH: Teen's Finger Gets Her Suspended on the eve of the nuclear security summit , the us said the prospect of terrorists getting nuclear material is the 'biggest threat' and that it wants to focus the world's attention on outfits like al-qaida trying to get atomic material to cause 'terrible haffc.' related articles 6 >>

Cyprus sees peace set back in Eroglu election nicosia (reuters) - cyprus and greece gave a guarded reception monday to the election of turkish cypriot nationalist dervis eroglu , with cyprus saying it could set back reunification talks key to turkey's bid to join the eu . related articles 7 >>

NASA delays shuttle Discovery's return to Earth discovery astronauts prepare to return to earth monday ending a successful supply mission to the international space station that leaves nasa's soon-to-retire shuttle program with just three more flights.the crew aims for touchdown at nasa's kennedy space center in florida at 1248 gmt with no threat from the huge ash cloud from an erupting icelandic volcano that has shut down air traffic over europe , the us space agency said . related articles 6 >>

Method behind madness at world's biggest festival haridwar , india - at least two people drowned as hundreds of thousand of hindu pilgrims took dips in the waters of the ganges river on wednesday during a monthlong festival in northern india , an official said.the two fell from.. . related articles 7 >>

EGYPT: Senior official orders release of anti-Mubarak protesters egyptian president hosni mubarak will convene on thursday his first cabinet meeting since his return to egypt in march , the official mena news agency reported on wednesday t mubarak will host the cabinet meeting in egypt's red sea resort of sharm el- sheikh on thursday morning to take up several domestic issues , according to the report t egyptian prime minister ahmed nazif will attend the meeting , the report said t the egyptian president returned home late last month after a three-week med .. . related articles 6 >>

Ecuadorean threatens oil field expropriations ecuador will move to take over the operations of foreign oil companies in the country unless they sign new contracts agreeing to increased state control over the sector , its president rafael correa said over the weekend t the government wants foreign oil operators to give up profit-sharing deals and sign new contracts under which they would become service providers t but negotiations over the new contracts are progressing slowly and correa said his government will propose legislation to force t .. . related articles 6 >>

Britain's 'third party' tops shock poll the liberal democrats , the u.k.'s smaller opposition party , set out their policy program ahead of the general election on may 6 , outlining plans for billion of pounds in savings to cut the soaring u.k t budget deficit . related articles 7 >>